Hancock Central Middle School

Hancock Central Middle School is a middle-grades school of very small scale in Sparta, Georgia, one of the schools within Hancock County, educateing 160 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 79% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Across the 3 schools in Hancock County (652 students total), Hancock Central Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hancock Central Middle School lists that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 70% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Hancock Central Middle School lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Hancock Central Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hancock Central Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.7%; actual is 7.5%, a gap of -18.1 points.

Around the school, Hancock County reports that median household earnings sit near $40,082, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. In all, Hancock County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 652 students), of which Hancock Central Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Hancock Central High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hancock Central Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.9%.

Hancock Central Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Hancock Central Middle School's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 207 (now 160). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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